NEWS

Dedham, MA - Riverside Community Care, a leader in behavioral healthcare and human services, announced today that Satya R. Montgomery has been promoted to Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Dr. Montgomery will oversee Riverside’s services, as well as key projects and initiatives. Dr. Montgomery has been a valued contribut… read more >

Running has always been a way for Dr. Patrick McEnaney, Chair of Surgery at Milford Regional Medical Center, to settle his mind.  Trail running, especially, has been his particular form of mental therapy, as he describes it. Over the weekend of November 7-8, Patrick ran – and ran and ran – with a purpose: to raise funds for Riverside Community Care’s me… read more >

Read about recent surveys and reasons to celebrate, along with upcoming events, in our October newsletter… read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a service of Riverside Community Care: Here at MindWise, we spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing behavioral health and how organizations and communities can better support individuals who are struggling with mental health or substance use issues. We talk about how that support translates directly into benefits … read more >

Content from MindWise Innovations, a service of Riverside Community Care: During a recent meeting with Safety professionals in construction, our Mindwise team was reviewing information to share with on-site team members regarding mental health and substance misuse for an upcoming safety week.  Toward the end of the meeting, one of the safety leaders who had b… read more >

As Riverside strives to continue delivering innovative, high-quality services while moving into the still-uncertain future of the Coronavirus pandemic, we recently conducted a survey to formally measure the effectiveness of telehealth on behavioral health services. Like most health providers, Riverside had to quickly pivot, providing almost all outpatient care… read more >

Dedham, MA - Riverside Community Care (www.riversidecc.org), a leader in behavioral healthcare and human services helping more than 40,000 people across Massachusetts and over a million people around the world, has been named to Forbes’ 2020 list of America’s Best-in-State Employers. Riverside’s 1,700 clinicians, social workers, and support staff offer a wi… read more >

Not a first-day-of-school topic you’ll hear often this September when kids return to class (in whatever form that takes)!  But this summer, for the 11th consecutive year, Riverside’s Peace Camp enriched the long hot days of an otherwise dormant summer, and fostered warm relationships between children ages 6-13 and their counselors from our Child and Family S… read more >

Joanne Sweeney, Director of Riverside Community Care’s Needham-based Early Childhood Services for 20 years, is admired as a passionate advocate for the babies and toddlers served in our programs.  And now she’s recognized as a powerful voice who captured the attention of those in high-level state government.  This is the story of her relentless pursuit of f… read more >

In late July the first resident settled comfortably into Riverside’s newest home, a warm and welcoming apartment on Centre Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. The residence is designed to accommodate women with acquired brain injury and staff will be on site 24 hours a day to manage the home and provide a pleasant and safe environment where the … read more >